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The Church of San Sisinio |
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The Nave The three span nave is divided by polished plaster marble pillages and its capitals are shaped so as to give the impression of cloth hanging. The pavement is strikingly ascendant, there are nine family tombs: that of the Torrianis, of the Bosia and of the Torriani-Albrici as well as that of the Confalonieri family. They all bear the family’s coat of arms and are dated 15th Century except for that of the latest tomb which is dated 1791.
The frescoes on the nave were done by painter Giovanni Battista Bagutti (1742-1823). The themes used by him are to be found also in the Church of San Giovanni. The animated scene painting has bright colours, An 1816 memorial plaque gives us the date when the decorations were accomplished |
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Frescoes Along the naves’ walls one can admire four vast frescoes. Two were painted by Francesco Catenazzi (1774-1830) His pupils probably helped him.
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Both works give way to the popular taste for dramatics characterised by an expressive passion. In contrast, the sides of the frescoes represent the calm poise of the characters. The pale colouring introduces us to the 17th Century naturalism while the refined balance clearly belongs to the new neo-classical style |
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Saint Ambrogio and Emperor Teodosio This fresco describes an episode which occurred in the year 390 a.C. Having defeated the population of Tessalonica, Emperor Teodosio heads towards the door of the church only to find that Saint Ambrogio will not allow him to enter and have access to the Holy Sacraments until he makes an act of contrition.
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Saint Agostino and the heretic Fausto
Saint Agostino was a great Christian philosopher,and he is shown here as he contradicts Fausto’s heretic Manicheism which was very much believed in during the first centuries of our era.
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and two frescoes by Abbondio Bagutti (1788-1850) son of Giovanni Battista
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Bagutti had a very strong academic preparation which expresses itself in the neo-classical style of his times. The figures are idealized, the very eloquent gestures seem poised.. Details and composition are very neatly organised, and the colouring has a pearl like vividness. |
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San Vigilio and the martyrs. The Bishop finds the bodies of the martyr saints Sisinio, Martirio and Alessandro ,assassinated in Val di Non, and he starts to convert the local pagans to Christianity
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Saint Charles and Saint Sisinio’s relics
Giuseppe Martinola reads the fresco as the representation of an event that occurred in 1582: Saint Charles Borromeo finds the body of San Sisinio in Milan. San Sisinio has performed the miracle of making an old blind man see again. Mario Medici believes that the scene represented took place in the 4th Century and that the blind man was healed while in the presence of Bishop Saint Simpliciano, , the relics of San Sisinio were being taken to Milan.
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The vault also has frescoes of typical neo-classical inspiration which represent the glory of San Sisinio and of his companions Martirio and Alessandro Giovan Battista Bagutti and his pupil Pocconi were the authors of this frescoes. |
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